Posts Tagged ‘old games’

From the sound of it (thanks, Fool’s Age, Rowanx 2, Syp and Syl, I can’t recommend your articles enough), the social scene in Guild Wars 2 is exactly what I’m looking for when it comes to MMO sociality: a light touch, encouraging cooperation instead of demanding it.

I’m just wired that way. Tell me I must do something social, like find a tank and a healer to run a dungeon, and I’ll fight it and try to solo it. Tell me that there are baddies that need whumping over thataway, give me tools to help anyone I happen to stumble into, and I’ll stop to give a hand up to a fallen friendly or do whatever tricks I can to offer assistance in killing said baddies.

Tell me I can be social, and I probably will. Tell me I have to be, and I probably won’t.